Are single sex schools better for students?

Are single sex schools better for students?
It’s a tricky one.
Advocates of single sex schools claim co-ed schools tend to reinforce gender stereotypes, while single-sex schools can break down gender stereotypes.

For example, girls are free of the pressure to compete with boys in male-dominated subjects such as math and science. Boys, on the other hand, can more easily pursue traditionally “feminine” interests such as music and poetry.

9Honey wades into the debate about the pros and cons of single sex schools (Getty)

Also, some parents don’t want their children to be in mixed-gender classrooms because, especially in high school, students of the opposite sex can be a distraction.

But on the flip side, students in single-sex classrooms will one day live and work side-by-side with members of the opposite sex so educating students in single-sex schools limits their opportunity to learn how to co-exist with members of the opposite sex.

Others argue that girls excel academically in single sex schools so by forcing co-ed maybe it’s a subtle way of society holding girls back, yet again.
No-one can agree.
The 9Honey Superstars Kerri Elstub, Jane de Graaff and Jo Abi had a lot to say about this Sticky Situation in the video above.